A super nice article by Aisling Irwin in New Scientist featuring subterranean biodiversity conservation and the DarCo project! newscientist.com/article/mg2633…

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Did someone ever ask you why should we care about #spiders? Or maybe you wondered yourself? In doi.org/10.22541/au.17… we delve into the diverse spectrum of spider #ecosystem #services and their potential to inspire #nature-based #solutions. Figure by @jago_MO CE3C

With over 60 participants, the mid-term meeting of Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) DarCo just started! A full day of open discussions among scientists and stakeholders on subterranean conservation in Europe!

Here’s a graphical summary of the Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) DarCo project stemming from our midterm meeting! Thanks to @jago_MO for attending the workshop and beautifully capturing all the free-flowing ideas in such a clear illustration!

📢 PRIN on the NEWS! Discover the Research Project of National Interest DEEPCHANGE led by Stefano Mammola Stefano Mammola #biodiversity #climatechange #subterraneanspecies Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR-DTA Università di Torino Università degli Studi di Milano

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The conservation of subterranean biodiversity and Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) project DarCo are in the spotlight thanks to this article in Open Access Gov by Stefano Mammola: shorturl.at/M0bzd

Kierkegaard in PhD advisor mode

Nouvel article publié aujourd'hui dans PLOS One avec Dr. Catherine Scott (she/they) Stefano Mammola & Angela Chuang! 🕷️🎉🕷️🎉 journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍 NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations! all freely available in the public domain. Retweet and spread the message! bioart.niaid.nih.gov

In their 2022 Ecography paper, Palacio et al. suggest an 8-step protocol to make trait-based ecology more standardized and reproducible. Learn more about this roadmap in our latest blog post by authors Stefano Mammola & Facu X. Palacio 🔗sortee.org/blog/2024/11/0…

New Science Magazine letter by DarCo's team, brilliantly led by Tiziana Di Lorenzo, on the need to integrate groundwater ecosystems into the EU Water Framework Directive. A vital step for sustainable water management and protecting groundwater fauna. 🌍🦐💚💧 doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

Communicating science has always been challenging - but tapping into non-scientific forms of communication might offer a promising way forward! Guest blog post by Stefano Mammola and co-authors on the role of art in promoting subterranean biodiversity. blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/27/uns…

Trait-based approaches are crucial in ecology, but analysis choice matters! Choosing functional diversity metrics to better assess ecosystem changes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ecog.0… Pedro Cardoso cardosopmb.bsky.social Stefano Mammola CE3C CIÊNCIAS ULisboa #Ecology #Biodiversity #DataAnalysis

My latest cartoon for New Scientist

What do spiders do for us? More than you think! 🕷️ Discover their ecosystem superpowers: 🔗doi: 10.1111/brv.70044 Pedro Cardoso cardosopmb.bsky.social Stefano Mammola CIÊNCIAS ULisboa CE3C #NatureBasedSolutions #Spiders #EcosystemServices #Biodiversity #conservation

New paper out in Global Change Biology ! Non-native species & income shape urban bird diversity & ecosystem services in Iberia 🐦🏙️ Surprising finding? Lower-income areas provide more bird-related services, thanks in part to non-native species like parakeets. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70…

🐥🌿 New review! We synthesize the diverse—and often confusing—methods used to incorporate intraspecific trait variability into functional diversity studies. Our goal: help ecologists pick the right tool for their questions & data. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Socio‐Economic Status and Non‐Native Species Drive Bird Ecosystem Service Provision in Urban Areas 🔗 buff.ly/jYUfGu0 Fabio Marcolin Dan Chamberlain Luís Reino Stefano Mammola Riccardo Alba